DARE: Oakland Approves Face Recognition Surveillance Ban
City of Oakland, CA, approves ordinance banning municipal use of facial recognition technology; concurrently, the U.S. House of Representatives passes... More
“Writing Is Core”: An Essay by 2019 Emerging Voices Fellow Judy Choi
"Though some aspects of writing will forever remain a mystery to me, this Fellowship has cleared the smoke around the business of writing." More
DARE: Trump’s Supporters Chanted ‘Send Her Back!’ as the President Attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar
At a North Carolina campaign rally, President Trump continues his attack on four members of Congress and leads the crowd in chants of 'send her back'... More
“Write the World You Want”: A PEN Ten Interview with Cadwell Turnbull
"We are preoccupied by privilege. Our worldview skews towards it. There is no greater threat to free human expression." More
The Little Syrian Girl
"As we held hands to school, I asked her again— / my mouth, a broken faucet. She held frozen. Always / did when I brought up Baba, or Syria,… More
DARE: House Condemns Trump’s Attack on Four Congresswomen as Racist
House votes along party lines to condemn President Trump's tirade against four Democratic Congresswomen of color as racist. While defending the... More
DARE: Security Reports Reveal How Assange Turned an Embassy into a Command Post for Election Meddling
CNN investigation reveals how Julian Assange received both deliveries of potentially hacked material related to the 2016 U.S. election and visits from... More
DARE: Addressing Bigotry from the White House
As President Trump attacks four Democratic Representatives of color with ever starker language of racism and nativism, news organizations are critiqued... More
DARE: Google Workers Can Listen to What People Say to its AI Home Devices
Google admits that its contractors can listen to recordings from the company's home AI devices, including audio that was captured accidentally. Memphis Noticias reporter Manuel Duran Ortega released from… More
“These Are the Stories I Want to Tell”: An Essay by 2019 Emerging Voices Fellow Fajer Alexander Khansa
"When my stories get published, some readers will be disappointed; they’ll want more. That’s okay. Because these are the stories I want to tell." More
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